Apriso, the leading provider of manufacturing software solutions, today
announced Bombardier Aerospace will expand its agreement with Apriso by
standardizing on Apriso’s FlexNet as their enterprise solution for Manufacturing
Operations Management (MOM). Bombardier will work with Apriso to
support its production of both the CSeries* and Learjet 85* aircraft at
its facilities in Canada and Mexico, demonstrating FlexNet’s ability to
manage highly complex production, quality, maintenance and material
synchronization processes within an aerospace manufacturing environment.

This expanded commitment includes deploying Apriso’s FlexNet as an
enterprise solution to address business-critical challenges as the
company works to design and produce efficient industry leading aircraft.
Given the rate of change and technological advancements with the
production of these aircraft, Bombardier sought a highly flexible,
scalable solution that could adapt quickly to new production processes
across multiple sites.

“The FlexNet deployment for the CSeries aircraft has been a 20-month
project delivering a rich set of functionality in support of the
business requirements. The project is progressing well on the CSeries
aircraft program,” explained Colin Stewart, IT Director MES.

“The deployment in Mexico demonstrated the scalability of Apriso’s
FlexNet solutions where we managed to deliver a light set of
functionality in support of business needs, in only 6 months. This
flexibility will certainly be important for us as we rollout across all
sites,” continued Stewart.

As a platform-based solution, Apriso’s FlexNet collaborates with other
enterprise systems to ensure necessary manufacturing
intelligence is available for planning (Enterprise Resource Planning
or ERP) and design (Product Lifecycle Management or PLM) systems. By
linking design, administrative and manufacturing processes across the
enterprise, Bombardier can better adapt to changing market conditions
while supporting continuous process improvement and frequent engineering
change orders. Apriso’s solution is supported by a Center of Excellence
team (based in Bombardier’s site in Northern Ireland), providing a
highly efficient way for Bombardier to support and synchronize their
global operations, improving agility.

“Bombardier has steadily added functionality to their FlexNet footprint,
demonstrating the value of a platform-based solution. Bombardier has
embraced a three-platform
IT strategy by deploying PLM, ERP and MOM to serve their
manufacturing design, planning and execution needs to ensure sufficient
collaboration to remain current and viable in the highly competitive
aerospace manufacturing industry,” said Rick Gallisa, industry director
at Apriso. “We are delighted to expand our partnership with Bombardier,
and look forward to continuing to put in place advanced manufacturing
processes in support of the company’s business and production goals.”

About Apriso Corporation

Apriso is a software company dedicated to helping its customers
transform the performance of their global manufacturing operations. It
does so by enabling manufacturers to achieve and sustain manufacturing
excellence while adapting quickly to market changes. FlexNet, Apriso's
manufacturing software, uniquely enables companies to manage processes
and share best practices across their operations with its BPM
platform-based architecture. Apriso supports continuous improvement
initiatives by delivering visibility into, control over and
synchronization across manufacturing and the product supply network.
Apriso serves nearly 200 customers in 40+ countries across the Americas,
Europe, Asia and Africa. Customers include GM, Tesla Motors, Volvo CE,
Cummins Inc., L'Oréal, Luxottica, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, Textron
Systems, MBDA and Saint-Gobain. Learn more at: apriso.com.
Visit our blog at apriso.com/blog.

Apriso
and FlexNet
are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks
and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

* CSeries and Learjet 85 are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its
subsidiaries.

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